Quiz Shows and Facts From The Nation's Knowledge Pages
A compilation of questions and answers cover topics from radio word rates at WEAF and WJZ to Kaiser’s dentist, snow removal in New York, the Beulah Hughes poem, Grant Wood portraits, constitutional history, theological accreditation, top government salaries, rare stamps, Library of Congress attendance, sea sickness remedies, petrification formulas, Booker T. Washington’s death, Coca Cola spending, crested wheatgrass, and Rhodes scholars for 1939.
Ten Cents a Day Energy Cost on Farms
The U S Department of Agriculture finds that a man with a hoe yields less than 10 cents per day in value, while a horse can perform ten times as much work at 78 cents daily. The data explain why about a third of rural Americans remain extremely poor and why capital and equipment are crucial for modern farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond News-Leader
United States Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Information Bureau Readers Ask Facts
The Winchester Evening Star offers readers a service to obtain factual answers by writing to the Information Bureau, directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington, D. C., and enclosing three cents for a reply.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Advertising as a science and art shapes readers’ impressions
The article argues that advertising now dominates reader interest, with ads delivering pleasure and profit. It credits advertisers’ sincerity, truth, service, and consideration for buyers, claiming ads have become a skilled, artistic science altering newspaper readers’ attitudes toward the pages they share with news.
California teacher in slacks ends court contempt tale
The piece recalls Miss Hulick the kindergarten teacher jailed for an hour after appearing in court in slacks. A higher court overturned contempt, she bought a dress, and social interest grew with dinners and dances, suggesting the sex is here to stay.
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California
Miss Hulick
Nazi egg drive aims for higher hen output in Germany
Berlin orders hens to boost egg production from 85 to 140 per year while Canada targets 144 per bird. Experts note hens eat more as numbers rise, but feed must not increase. Macdonald College cites selective breeding to raise Dominion flocks, while Germany may seek feed substitutes.
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Germany
Berlin
Montreal
Canada
Macdonald College
Dominion
Stimulus to Home Ownership in New York City
A scene near 117 East Fifty-Fifth Street shows 400 WPA workers picketing a residence they believed to be Rep. Bruce Barton’s. Barton had moved out and rented the home, prompting confusion and publicity. The episode is pitched as a boost to home ownership and a warning to renters.
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Petersburg Progress Index
East Fifty-Fifth Street
New York City
WPA
Federal Arts Project
Bruce Barton
Barton
Mr. Barton
Stand still tactic thwarts bank robber at Dominion Bank
A youth entered the East End branch of the Dominion Bank of Toronto and demanded cash with a revolver. Bank employees stood still, no one moved, while a customer notified police from the street. The robber left, frustrated, and faces a decade to recover his nerve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Winchester Mayor C R Anderson hospitalized with pneumonia
Dr C R Anderson mayor of Winchester is admitted to a local hospital with pneumonia. The president urges a large buildup of national armed forces in a message to Congress. Yates scores 155 in league A, Funk 152. Helen Jeanne Miller and Laurie E Hill announce their marriage.
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C. R. Anderson
Winchester
Congress
Yates
Funk
Helen Jeanne Miller
Laurie E. Hill
Old Man Winter Brings Record Chill to Winchester Area
A 4 degree above zero low marks the year’s coldest spell as Winchester and upper valleys endure a deep freeze. A roof fire at a large residence on South Stewart Street prompts all companies to respond. Rev. E B McGukin receives a call from Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church to fill the vacancy left by Rev. Dr. F T McFaden’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Upper Valley
South Stewart Street
H. K. Russell
E. B. McGukin
Loudoun St
Winchester native Prince dies in Baltimore at 53
Benjamine F. Prince of Winchester dies at 53 in Baltimore. Edmund Randolph memorial shaft planned by Virginia Masons to be erected at Old Stone Chapel in Clarke County. Excavations begin for Winchester Cold Storage additions, expected to be among the world’s largest. Local fruit growers demand removal of alleged freight discriminations in the belt.
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Benjamine F. Prince
Winchester
Baltimore
Virginia
Edmund Randolph
Old Stone Chapel
Clarke County
New hotel planned on Piccadilly street beside bank building
Local business interests announce a soon to be erected hotel on Piccadilly street next to the Shenandoah Valley bank building. E. M. Streit is installed as regent of the local Royal Arcanum chapter. Invitations go out for the wedding of Miss Mary Carter Randolph of Clarke county to Mr. Cyrus Wylie Grandy of Norfolk. Thomas K. Cartmell, former Frederick county court clerk, quietly celebrates his 76th birthday.
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Piccadilly Street
Shenandoah Valley Bank
E. M. Streit
The
Royal Arcanum
Mary Carter Randolph
Clarke County
Cyrus Wylie Grandy
Norfolk
Thomas K. Cartmell
Frederick County Court
Fancy dress party at Lake View hosts Clarke county residents
Forty years ago a fancy dress party was given at Lake View in Clarke county by Mr. William H. Smith. In Harpers Ferry and nearby communities several smallpox cases were found. Emma Gray was robbed of meat after a thief broke a lock on her smoke house door at night. Charles H. Borwell’s residence at 308 North Braddock street was saved from a fire sparked by a kerosene lamp when curtains caught fire.
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Lake View
Clarke County
William H. Smith
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Emma Gray
Charles H. Borwell
North Braddock Street
It Speaks For Itself See For Yourself Almanac Ad
Uncle Sam's Almanac promotes its 68 page 1939 booklet. It lists topics from taxes radio religion manners disasters sports public debt and Congress members. The ad asks readers to send ten cents postpaid with a coupon to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington DC.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Six Golden Rules for Worries by Dr Payne
The piece promotes Dr. Arthur Frank Payne's Six Golden Rules for Worries urging readers to relax, avoid dwelling on troubles, distinguish constructive thought from worry, accept imperfect decisions, act or release concerns, and abandon perfection. It closes with a moral about choosing difficult yet virtuous behavior to build character.
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United States
Arthur Frank Payne
Dr. Payne
Love and rejection spark a campus dance revelation
Sara Sue Davis rejects T. J. Sanders despite his devotion and a planned public proposal. He learns she favors Thornton Holgate, while Bob Towne celebrates Sara Sue winning a five hundred dollar boost from Columbian Sporting Goods for endorsements. The tale ends with mixed joy and heartbreak.
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Sara Sue Davis
T. J. Sanders
Worthington Gurney
T. J
Sara Sue
Bob Towne
Peaches Pomeroy
Frances Bowen
Marcia Gurley
Thornton
Rice
Thornton Holgate
Bob
Sanders
Jowne
Towne
Sue
Saint Peter
Golden Gates
Also Mentioned on This Page
Statistical Department
National Broadcasting Company
Weaf-Wjz
Arthur Newton Davis
Kaiser
O— Q
Beulah Hughes
Church
Grant Wood
Edward G Robinson
Senate
House
Commission On Accrediting
American Association of Theological Schools
TG. A
Frances Perkins
J. G. F. A. Esmond Bradley Martin
Library of Congress
Washington
Booker T. Washington
Coca-Cola
K. L. J. A. Fortune
Great Plains
Rhodes
Oxford
H. F. Byrd, JR
Scott
Halifax
Nova Scotia
U.S
T.N.T
R. J. Scott
Kentucky
Terest
Lia Donna E Mobile
Martinsville Bulletin
Dominion Bank of Toronto
Winchester Evening Star
Washington, DC
Dale Carnegie
Plutarch
McNaught
Syndicate
Romance, Inc
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